Doll representing a Seminole Woman in 19th century style clothing

Lena Billie, Seminole / American, 1892 - 1984
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Southeast

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1946

Palmetto fiber, cotton cloth, glass trade beads, embroidery floss and cardboard

Overall: 10 1/8 × 5 5/8 × 2 15/16 in. (25.7 × 14.3 × 7.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells

987.35.26750

Geography

Place Made: Dania, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southeast

Not on view

Exhibition History

Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1969.

Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.

Montana Club

Native American Studies Exhibition, Bartlett Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 24, 1989-January 1, 1990.

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.

Provenance

Collected by J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), 1946; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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